Legal Professionals: Utah Resources

Children's Justice Centers

Utah’s Children's Justice Centers (CJCs) promote a multidisciplinary response to child abuse. The centers serve children 17 years of age or younger who have allegedly been victims of sexual abuse, serious physical abuse, or other crimes involving children, such as domestic violence, drug endangerment, and Internet exploitation.

Helpful for clients, consumers, and the general public, this resource from One With Courage Utah outlines functions of both the CJC and CPS and the joint investigation and coordinated case review processes.

Journey of Hope

Journey of Hope utilizes gender responsive case management to help women choose a safe path of success while living in the community. Here at Journey of Hope, we encourage, but never force, clients to seek trauma informed treatment services to lessen the impact of past trauma. We provide further support to our clients through mentoring and case management as they navigate their recovery. Often, pathways to criminal behavior start with trauma, but can end when women’s needs are holistically met. Journey of Hope's website features of a list of community resources as well as a useful list of terminology and definitions.

Campaign for Trauma Informed Policy and Practice

The mission of the Campaign for Trauma Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) is to create a resilient, trauma-informed society where all individuals and families have the opportunity and the supports necessary to thrive. Our goal is to advocate for public policies and programs at the federal, state, local and tribal levels that incorporate up-to-date scientific findings regarding the relationship between trauma across the lifespan and many social and health problems. In addition, work in collaboration with communities, cities, states, and tribes to develop trauma-informed and prevention-focused policies and practices that reflect experience in the field.

National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse

National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse's (NCPCA) mission is to reduce the number of children victimized and exploited by assisting prosecutors and allied professionals laboring on behalf of victims too small, scared or weak to protect themselves. NCPCA is a voice for the voiceless. NCPCA is dedicated to saving the lives of children who cannot defend themselves.

To achieve its goal of enhancing the effectiveness of the investigation and prosecution of child abuse, NCPCA has articulated the following four objectives:

Host national, regional and local training on state-of-the-art basic and advanced training utilizing evidence based and victim centered practices

Provide immediate, comprehensive technical assistance

Develop and distribute publications on a range of child maltreatment topics; and

Organizational Secondary Traumatic Stress (2012): Addresses the impact of Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) in organizational settings. This webinar offers information on risk management and workforce development as they are related to STS, as well as strategies to reduce the impact of STS in an organizations. including training, assessment, case-load management, self-care practices, and supervision.

Please note:

While every effort has been made to ensure resources shared are safe and reputable, no resource is endorsed or guaranteed by Utah's Trauma-Resiliency Collaborative or its members. No resource listed is in an any way a substitute for obtaining professional help.